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Thursday, 17 December 2015

Welcome to today's Guest Designer, Sara Emily !

Hello and welcome ! Today we are welcoming another very talented lady who is well known in blog land. Sara Emily of Saras Closet was the DT's chosen winner of the Make it 3D challenge and was invited to join us as Guest Designer for a day. Let's move on to hear from Sara Emily:

Hello! My name is Sara Emily, and you might
know me as sarascloset, which is the name of my blog and also where I do most
of my crafting. I live in Wilmington, North Carolina in the USA, just minutes from some of the
most beautiful beaches on the East Coast. I am married and have 17 year old
boy/girl twins and boy/girl twin kitties.

I’ve dabbled in many crafts from stain
glass to up cycling discarded furniture and the occasional handmade Christmas
ornament. I’ve even given a variety of art mediums a try in high school and
college.When my sister became seriously
ill several years ago, I promised her a homemade card until she was
better.I made and sent her a daily
handmade card for about 18 months without fail. So, I’ve had lots of practice
and love making cards!

When Sue told me the theme was “Grungy
Christmas”, I almost jumped for joy! My
favorite style is vintage/grunge, and I knew exactly what I was going to make.
Since I’m a little behind with my greetings this season, I decided to make a
Christmas card.

I started with my base layer of card stock
and applied gesso, Distress stain and texture paste and embossed using brass
embossing powder. I think my stains may have still had a little moisture when I
embossed, but I love the look. I gave the edges a good distressing for a grungy
look.

I stamped the plaid layer with background
image I picked up at a yard sale, so I don’t know the make. I used a brayer to
apply paint to the image, placed my card on top and rolled with a second brayer.
I dried with a heat tool then spritzed the card well with water. Next I
spritzed with Distress Stains, and dried with a heat tool, adding more water
until I was happy with the effect.More
distressing and blending of ink on the edges and a little splash of water for
those lovely droplets! This was Tim’s technique from his November tag, if you
remember.

Thank you Sue and the entire Stamps and
Stencils Design Team for allowing me to join you today!I am so excited to be crafting alongside such
a talented group of artists! If you would like to see more photos of my card
and details, please visit sarascloset.

Hugs and Christmas Blessings!

Sara Emily

Thank you Sara Emily for sharing such a fantastic Christmas card ! I'm sure this has provided lots more inspiration for the current challenge of Grungy Christmas.

If you would like to join us for a day as Guest Designer make sure you join in with the current challenge.

Sara Emily, so happy to have you with us today as GD! You've outdone yourself with this fabulous card! I'm sure we've all learned a thing or two today from this great tutorial. Thanks so much for sharing with us. This is grungy gorgeousness! Hugs, Autumn